brismakEtymologyUltimately from Old Norse brosma, compare dialectal Norwegian bresma; ultimately related to English bream, which see for more.brismak means Synonym of cusk (“type of fish”). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.nounSynonym of cusk (“type of fish”).“The Torsk it seems, from his account, or as it is called in the Shetlands, Tusk and Brismak, is a northern fish, which as yet has not been discovered lower to the southward than the Orknies, and is even rather scarce there.”